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The Friends

"Things that pass, and things that can't be lost… One summer adventure story of three boys."

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1h 53m
Drama
Starring Rentaro Mikuni · Akira Emoto · Tsurube Shofukutei
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A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. The boys form a bond with the recluse and set about weeding and replanting the garden.

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1
Director
Shinji Sōmai
Writer
Yōzō Tanaka
Producers
Hiroyuki Fujikado, Kei Ijichi, Etsuhiro Katô
Music
Izumi Sakai
Studio
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Original Title
夏の庭 The Friends
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
garden coming of age old man death childhood
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R
Rentaro Mikuni
Kihachi Denpo
A
Akira Emoto
Nagatomo
T
Tsurube Shofukutei
Undertaker
M
Minori Terada
Taniguchi
N
Naho Toda
Shizuka Kondo
S
Shigeru Yazaki
Katsuhiro
C
Chikage Awashima
Yayoi Koko
R
Ritsuko Nemoto
Tomomi Kiyama

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